# 琥

| 琥 | U+7425, &#29733; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7425 |
| ← 琤 [U+7424] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 琦 → [U+7426] |

## Translingual
### Han character

琥 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜心弓 (MGYPN) or 一土卜心山 (MGYPU), four-corner 1111$_7$, composition ⿰𤣩虎)
* jewel in shape of tiger
* amber

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 734, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21061
* Dae Jaweon: page 1146, character 23
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1121, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7425

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 唬 | *qʰraːs, *kʷraːɡ |
| 戲 | *qʰral, *qʰrals, *qʰaː |
| 巇 | *qʰra |
| 隵 | *qʰra |
| 嚱 | *qʰras |
| 盧 | *b·raː |
| 鑪 | *raː |
| 壚 | *raː |
| 籚 | *raː |
| 蘆 | *raː, *ra |
| 顱 | *b·raː |
| 髗 | *b·raː |
| 鱸 | *raː |
| 攎 | *raː |
| 櫨 | *raː |
| 轤 | *raː |
| 黸 | *raː |
| 獹 | *raː |
| 鸕 | *raː |
| 艫 | *raː |
| 纑 | *raː |
| 瀘 | *raː |
| 瓐 | *raː |
| 爐 | *raː |
| 嚧 | *raː |
| 矑 | *b·raː |
| 罏 | *raː |
| 蠦 | *raː |
| 虜 | *raːʔ |
| 擄 | *raːʔ |
| 艣 | *raːʔ |
| 鐪 | *raːʔ |
| 虖 | *qʰaː, *qʰʷa, *qʰaː, *qʰʷa |
| 虍 | *qʰaː |
| 雐 | *qʰʷlaː |
| 虎 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 琥 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 萀 | *qʰlaːʔ |
| 臚 | *b·ra |
| 廬 | *ra |
| 驢 | *b·ra |
| 藘 | *ra |
| 爈 | *ra, *ras |
| 櫖 | *ra, *ras |
| 儢 | *raʔ |
| 慮 | *ras |
| 勴 | *ras |
| 鑢 | *ras |
| 濾 | *ras |
| 攄 | *r̥ʰa |
| 處 | *kʰljaʔ, *kʰljas |
| 豦 | *kas, *ɡa |
| 據 | *kas |
| 鐻 | *kas, *ɡa, *ɡaʔ |
| 澽 | *kas, *ɡas |
| 虛 | *kʰa, *qʰa |
| 墟 | *kʰa |
| 懅 | *ɡa |
| 蘧 | *ɡa, *ɡʷa |
| 籧 | *ɡa |
| 醵 | *ɡa, *ɡas, *ɡaɡ |
| 璩 | *ɡa |
| 虡 | *ɡaʔ |
| 遽 | *ɡas |
| 勮 | *ɡas |
| 噓 | *qʰa, *qʰas |
| 驉 | *qʰa |
| 歔 | *qʰa |
| 魖 | *qʰa |
| 膚 | *pla |
| 虧 | *kʰʷral |
| 噱 | *ɡaɡ |
| 臄 | *ɡaɡ |
| 劇 | *ɡaɡ |
| 諕 | *qʰʷraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *qʰlaːʔ): semantic 玉 (“jade”) + phonetic 虎 (OC *qʰlaːʔ).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǔ (hu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fu$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hó͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hu$^3$
*** Yale: hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huu
*** Palladius: ху (xu)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fu$^2$
*** Yale: fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuː³⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hó͘
*** Tâi-lô: hóo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hor
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hɔ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hɔ⁵³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ⁴¹/
* Middle Chinese: xuX
Rime :
| Character | 琥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 曉 (32) |
| Final (韻) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 呼古切 |
| Baxter | xuX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /huo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /huo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /xo$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /hɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /xo$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /xu$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /xuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | hǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*qʰlaːʔ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 琥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 5231 |
| Phonetic component | 虍 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 虎 |
| Old Chinese | /*qʰlaːʔ/ |

### Definitions

琥
* Only used in 琥珀 (hǔpò, “amber”).

#### Compounds

* 琥珀 (hǔpò)
* 琥珀色 (hǔpòsè)
* 琥珀酸 (hǔpòsuān)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* jewelled tiger.

#### Readings

* Go-on: く (ku)
* Kan-on: こ (ko)

#### Compounds

* 琥(こ)珀(はく) (kohaku)
* 琥(こ)珀(はく)色(いろ) (kohakuiro)

## Korean
### Hanja

琥 • (ho) (hangeul 호, revised ho, McCune–Reischauer ho, Yale ho)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

琥: Hán Nôm readings: hổ
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